Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

every search term i put into Netflix brings up nothing but Peaky Blinders

I finally realized that, aside from Instantwatcher, the easiest way to see everything is to pull up the Netflix site on my PC, pick a category, and just scroll down ad infinitum. Every other route of ingress seems to just show you a random sampling of what they have (presumably based on prior viewing habits).

any further news on unblock.us? I struggled with it a little this afternoon, trying to watch UK stuff ironically, but then got it going on the US version. I've been waiting for that shoe to drop for a while, to be honest. Their twitter feed was full of people complaining about error messages this afternoon, and every response was a cut'n'paste "here is our customer services" link. Funnily enough, they are now unable to accept PayPal payments, so I wonder if the legality of their business model is becoming an issue...

I've been using the hula extension for chrome that someone mentioned up thread but haven't used Netflix in a couple days so not sure if it's still working.

i kinda don't want to watch a 2nd season of Love after that table read scene where gus goes nuts. nobody on earth is that dumb.

idk, i guess i just liked the slow realization that gus was kind of a stealth garbageperson all along

when he kisses mickey at the end i wanted her to roll her eyes or punch him in the stomach.

The scene with Gus going nuts was so badly written, so transparently "shit we better do some final act character development now, here goes nuthin"

I guess I like the idea that Gus pretends to be nice but is a secret garbage person, and Britta is the opposite. But I'm not sure if that's what they were going for.

I did like the show, though! Not great but LA looked pretty and it was super watchable and sometimes that's enough.

And I think its interesting that, at the end of the series, you realise the show is about something completely different than it seemed at first (it's much less rom-com than observation of addictive and unhealthy behavioural patterns), but I worry that many viewers wouldn't get that far.

This is completely otm...

I really liked the Andy Dick episode. There was something poignant about seeing someone of around 50 still being self-destructive, and I thought the sassafras trip was done really well - initially fun, and then the grimy and depressing.

agree that from the andy dick ep onward it was an interesting show -- all the stuff abt their degrees of interaction/communication are kinda trite but also really relatable

idk i also liked where apatows daughter playing arya talked abt watching amer horror story and not 'getting' comedy

Not feeling new broad city stuff at all. Borderline unwatchable

I liked arya's line about gus ("he doesn't understand the cheesy aesthetic")

i also finished watching mad dogs - meh not really for me ultimately tho not terrible; wouldnot rec

I still haven't finished it. Reminds me of basic cable USA/TNT dramas of 10 years ago - some good actors, a step above the never-ending procedurals that dominated networks then but never rising above "it's fine, I guess."

she said "campy" not cheesy iirc.

The Andy Dick episode was great.

finished the last 3 or 4 episodes of season 4 of louie that i hadn't seen. enjoyed the science class scale/pot/renner flashbacks. now i'm on episode 3 of season 5. that show is like a comfortable old shoe now.

is Cuckoo any good? that just went up on netflix.

they put the 2nd season of fresh meat up too.

cuckoo is silly. weird to see andy samberg on a bbc show. but he's only on the first season which is weird cuz the show is named after his character. in the 2nd season the werewolf dude from twilight is the star.

which means i'm probably only gonna watch the first season.

we tried to watch The Fall, no thanks, too much sexualized rape stuff, yuck

we watched Chef which was a pretty nice little feel good flick, had some charm & good chemistry with the principal actors

all kinds of surprises on season 5 of louie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80MDKGlgkEI

speaking of chemistry watched half of the sam rockwell better living through chemistry movie the other night and then i fell asleep. okay, fine, i passed out. it was okay.

guy maddin forbidden room thing is on now.

Girls also sucks now & i held out for a long time

this new will arnet show seems ok so far. i'm getting a bojack horseman vibe a few episodes in. i just hope it doesn't get quite as dark

i just came here to post that i watched that this weekend. it was the worst show i've ever seen. i kept watching because i always do that to myself. i don't recommend anyone start watching it.

Will Arnett thing looks like sub-Californication (which is pretty sub)

i saw really bad reviews and stayed away

glad i stuck around for bojack horseman, at first i thought it was going to be an archer redux...

I wondered why I hadn't heard a single thing about this new Will Arnett show that had suddenly popped up on Netflix. Sounds like there's a good reason why not.

Bojack is so good that I got a giant Bojack tattoo on my chest.

i'm kinda not enjoying Fear The Walking Dead right now. which is on Hulu. have one episode to go. only six episodes! makes me appreciate the original show a lot more though. The big difference is i don't really care what happens to anyone. they could all be eaten to bits for all i care. whereas with the original i was rooting for Rick (and then everyone else) from episode one.

don't feel like reviving a walking dead thread...

Bojack is something i would never watch! or Archer. i don't know why. the idea of adult cartoons has never been that appealing to me. the king of the hill or bob's burgers is as adult as i get.

Archer is awesome. Couldn't take Bojack for even an episode.

I struggled to make it through about 4 episodes of Archer. I guess that kind of adult animation bugs me too.

i'm not a big adult swim kinda person either really. no offense to those who are.

Let's face it, most animated series are garbage. It's why I'm over the moon about the ones that aren't.

i didn't watch that 70's kingofthehill-esque one on netflix either.

you don't really need to go "adult" when you've got adventure time out there. that show is a wonder.

archer was good for about 1.5 seasons. then it started to get more and more aggressively bad.

bojack starts off making you think it's archer mach two but midway through the first season it becomes dark and then the second season is like an exploration of depression & is ... pretty singular

could never get into Archer, it seemed like an empty parody. i'm sure there are funny jokes.

Bojack is amazing though, it's like 30 Rock-level writing and the emo moments feel more mature and earned than most non-animated shows i can think of.

xp

it's still got a corny-looking animated talking horse ... put me down in the "just can't do cartoons" column.

The real star of Bojack is Vincent Adultman.

I don't think it's on Hulu or Netflix yet, but I'm enjoying the hell out of Baskets. Very Louie-like production with Zach Galifianakis as a rodeo clown and Louie Anderson as his mom.

I love Archer. I think it says something, though, that me & Helen are the only two adults we know (three including our friend/ex-roommate I guess!) who enjoy Archer. Otherwise it's like, my 22 year old step-brother. It can be incredibly vulgar and borderline offensive but IMO there are a lot of good, smart jokes. I enjoy jokes about Kissinger, Lord of the Rings, alcoholism, and Nazis in Brazil. I also really like that the main character really loves animals. I def agree that it has gone downhill! the "Archer Vice" season was pretty bleak watching. I still find new things to laugh at when I'm re-watching episodes of seasons 1-4, though. It's crude, and it's not for everyone, but put me down as a big fan.

It's actually one of the only cartoons I can think of that I enjoy. Bojack was okay, didn't watch all of it though. Not a fan of king of the hill, or south park, or family guy or any of that stuff. Adventure time is pretty good though!!!

cheers & god bless,
ian

king of the hill was great. i still won't let my kids watch south park or family guy. they kinda gross me out. even though they can obviously be clever and all that. there is a dumb form of meanness that bugs me and those two shows go there a lot. a white guy meanness, i guess. and yes i did grow up reading the national lampoon and when i look at old issues of that magazine they gross me out too. where were my parents!? obviously gahan wilson and sam gross 4ever though.

do you like Bob's Burgers, scott?

Not sure if it's on Netflix, but Wander Over Yonder is pretty great.

there is a dumb form of meanness that bugs me and those two shows go there a lot. a white guy meanness, i guess.

god it feels good to read this summarized so well. thank you!

The characters is terrible